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After perfectly disguising the dog's corpse, he returned it to the kennel, waiting for someone to discover it after they got home.

Bai Ge believed that unless a forensic doctor examined it, the true cause of death could not be determined.

In his own brain hole world, he was the absolute sovereign. He had forcibly disguised the dog's corpse by shaping its muscles and fur to look like it had died suddenly.

Contacting the stone in the esophagus, most people wouldn't investigate further.

The reason a forensic doctor might be able to detect it was that Bai Ge wasn't a medical professional. He wasn't confident he could perfectly disguise it as choking.

The natural laws in his brain hole world were partly derived from his knowledge and partly from pure fantasy.

Here, if he said the dog's physiological structure was like this, then it was like this.

But the real world wouldn't indulge him.

In Bai Ge's case, fantasy and reality were connected, but the products of fantasy were not recognized by reality.

Bai Ge had figured this out. Scientific laws and natural rules were not universally applicable.

One was his fantasy, the other was objective reality.

However, there were still some things that were universally applicable.

That was art, and perhaps philosophy as well.

Philosophy was intangible, and Bai Ge could consider it meaningless. That left only art.

Beautiful things were beautiful everywhere, and their beauty depended on the observer.

For example, music, paintings, sculptures, etc...

These things couldn't possibly become ugly when they entered reality.

For his entire brain hole world, Bai Ge didn't necessarily need to set every detail.

Often, he only needed to set a general idea, and the brain hole itself would fill in the details.

It was mostly constructed spontaneously from Bai Ge's own subconscious.

Take the cultivation planet that was almost blown up, for example. It was pure fantasy and unrealistic, but if Bai Ge thought it was real, then it was real.

However, the civilization on this planet was a real civilization, containing countless details with vast amounts of information.

Bai Ge hadn't bothered to painstakingly set these details.

They were filled in on their own, with the fantasy originating from various novels or news information in Bai Ge's memory.

In addition, there were details 'derived' according to Bai Ge's subconscious logic. These derived details were things that even Bai Ge's own subjective thoughts couldn't achieve.

"The magnificent and beautiful scenery in this world would be breathtaking even to people from reality."

"Can I use this to make movies? Record the real life here and make money..."

"Okay, theoretically it's possible, but making money isn't that simple."

The reason was simple. Bai Ge didn't believe reality would be like the novels, where posting videos online and communicating through online channels, receiving money with just a fake name, would attract no covetousness or trouble.

And if he were to profit from it, how would he explain the origin of the people in the videos?

If he truly never showed his face, never revealed his real information, and yet the videos were so stunning and magnificent, how could he safely collect money? He didn't have hacking skills to make himself untraceable.

Money wasn't that easy to get.

Bai Ge was an adult, and he didn't like to rely on luck.

"Art... Heh, do I really have to become a processor of real materials?"

Bai Ge left the villa and first found a noodle shop outside to eat. He ate three bowls of noodles.

"I didn't expect that modifying real materials... would require energy consumption..."

Energy consumption was something Bai Ge discovered when he modified the vicious dog's corpse.

His stomach became extremely hungry after finishing with the corpse, and his body felt weak.

This situation was somewhat abnormal because it happened right after he finished controlling the vicious dog's corpse, and there was no reason for him to suddenly be so hungry.

"Humans replenish the energy their bodies need through eating, so am I consuming energy from within when I use this ability?"

"No, I used it so frequently before, and nothing happened. I guess, I only feel this way when I'm affecting real materials..."

It was clear that simply controlling the brain hole world had no cost. Bai Ge could do whatever he wanted.

But real materials were different. Using the power of the brain hole world to influence them out of thin air had a cost.

"This is troublesome... In that case, what's the point of thinking about a super processing plant? No matter how much I eat all day, how much modification can I sustain?"

"Forget it, I won't think about it for now! I'll go get the remaining payment from Manager Chen first."

At ten o'clock at night, Bai Ge finally returned home.

Besides getting a rabies vaccine shot.

He also handed over the items to Manager Chen's people and received the remaining ten thousand yuan, plus the generous ten thousand yuan deposit from before.

In just half a day, Bai Ge earned twenty thousand yuan for one job.

Of course, Bai Ge wasn't stupid. If this matter were exposed, Manager Chen would have plenty of ways to extricate himself, but he would be in trouble.

As someone who had majored in criminal investigation, Bai Ge didn't dare to underestimate the police.

Therefore, that thing couldn't be kept at someone else's place forever, or it would be discovered sooner or later.

By then, he would have to make another trip to retrieve it.

"Annoying! A million dollars, and I don't even know how long I'll live, how am I supposed to earn this money?"

Lying on the bed resting, Bai Ge couldn't sleep. He tossed and turned, unable to stop himself from continuing to research so-called superpowers.

"There are no useless abilities, only useless users. I don't know how many books I've read that say this... Sigh, I hope so."

His consciousness sank into the brain hole world. This time, it was just his consciousness roaming; his body remained lying obediently on the bed, so time wasn't synchronized.

After wandering for what felt like two days in the brain hole world, Bai Ge decided to do something.

"I'll create an authority second only to myself, an existence to help me manage this place..."

The reason he thought this was because Bai Ge realized he wasn't as powerful as his own subconscious.

He had traveled through hundreds of universes, and the greatest feeling he got was the realism!

The details were too abundant. Even in extremely bizarre and mystical worldviews, those universes actually operated in a plausible manner, as if they were real...

And all of this was generated by the universe itself, based on his subconscious.

However, the longer he stayed in the brain hole world, the easier it was for his conscious mind to disrupt the rules and destroy the existing harmony.

The reason was simple: human thinking finds it difficult to forcibly 'not think' or to maintain a fantasy for a long time.

Sometimes, the more Bai Ge tried not to think about something, the more he would think about it.

It was fine if he thought about it, but the world would suffer...

Especially those imagined settings. Perhaps he thought that way a few minutes ago, but then, without paying attention, his thoughts would drift again... and the 'objective setting' would change.

For example, at first, he thought there should only be nine levels to tribulation. After surviving nine lightning tribulations, one would ascend.

But for some reason... after wandering for a while, he suddenly thought: what about ninety-nine levels?

And so, ninety-nine levels of tribulation became the truth...

He couldn't help but change it, causing the universe's rules to shift according to his whims.

Of course, he could change it back afterward.

But this made Bai Ge feel that this brain hole world was becoming less and less meaningful to him.

"Hmm, I'll set up a second Sovereign for the brain hole world. It doesn't need emotions, just to be a tool, obeying me."

"It will also have the authority to set everything, responsible for maintaining the rules of the existing multiverse, like the Great Dao... No one but me can interfere with this. Furthermore, when I interfere with settings, it will be automatically intercepted by it. Only after I reconfirm will it be implemented through it."

"However, I have the authority to dismiss it, and this setting is above all else."

"On this basis, I'll add one more thing: its power to 'confirm and remind' is higher than my 'whimsical thoughts'."

Although he had set these rules with all seriousness, Bai Ge knew that as long as he truly wanted to, these settings could be disregarded...

But this was actually just a form of suppression for his own wild thoughts. As long as in the future, when he made settings, the 'urgency' was not higher than the rules he had just set, then those wild thoughts would truly be intercepted by the second Sovereign and not immediately realized.

Two contradictory settings, it depended on which one Bai Ge took more seriously.

Clearly, the thought of creating this tool at this moment was definitely more serious and earnest than his thoughts drifting later.

"Your name will be... Bell."

"I have bestowed upon you characteristics akin to the Great Dao. You should possess absolute computational power and logical deduction. Come... I'll give you a problem to solve."

Bai Ge needed to determine which things were universally applicable. Art was known, so there must be others.

Logic, for example.

Bai Ge opened his computer and found a math problem online that he himself couldn't solve.

Mathematical logic was the foundation of all scientific laws. If even this wasn't universal, then forget about technology...

The light-speed flight technology from the brain hole world, if brought into the real world... would be utter nonsense!

However, Bai Ge was unwilling to try.

"Here, this is a calculus problem. I can't solve it. If you can... then..." Bai Ge brought in a piece of paper filled with mathematical symbols. Before he could even speak, Bell replied.

"No."

"..."

Bai Ge gave a wry smile and said unwillingly, "You are the Great Dao! You can't solve it at all?"

"I can provide a self-consistent answer... relative to the settings of some universes..." Bell replied.

"What use is a self-deceiving answer to me!" Bai Ge knew what it meant and felt both amused and exasperated.

However, he thought for a moment and asked, "Wait a minute... can you deduce the answer based on the fundamental settings of the universe?"

Bell replied, "I know all the rules and laws of the brain hole world, so I can provide a relatively correct answer."

Bai Ge's eyes lit up. "Then what if you knew some of the laws of the real world?"

"If it's a pattern that can solve this problem, then I can," Bell said.

Bai Ge smiled, and his consciousness returned to reality.

He began downloading a large amount of basic knowledge online. He didn't use Baidu Baike, but specifically chose more authoritative sources.

Although the patterns summarized by humans so far may not be eternally applicable, or even contain errors, they can at least solve the problems that humans have solved up to now.

And if Bell recorded all the known patterns of humanity, it would mean that any problem humans could solve, Bell could solve.

"So that's it, this is the correct usage!"

Bai Ge stopped sleeping and searched for authoritative information online. It didn't need much categorization.

As long as it wasn't some idiot randomly posting half-baked information online... This was also why he didn't choose Baidu Baike.

"This is so troublesome..."

Hours later, Bai Ge's eyes were strained as he looked at the web pages.

For the first time, he felt that searching for knowledge online was such a tiring task. He used to think that if he didn't know something, he could just search for it online, but finding sufficiently authoritative and in-depth information was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

After five hours, he finally filled his mobile hard drive, but he knew this was merely a drop in the ocean of human knowledge, or rather, less than a drop.

He temporarily stopped searching, brought the hard drive into his brain hole, and Bai Ge knew that the road ahead was long...

If one person were to do this, it would be a monumental undertaking...

"The answer has been solved. Relative to the mathematical pattern you provided..."

Bai Ge didn't even need to look. After Bell finished speaking, he memorized the answer with a single thought.

This super-fast memory made him pause, and he realized something again.

"I have a super memory?"

Regarding this question, Bell proactively answered, "I am the one who remembers all of this, but you are the absolute supreme Sovereign here. My knowledge is equal to your knowledge."

Bai Ge had actually realized this when Bell was halfway through speaking.

"I see... the second universal thing is learning... no, to be precise, it should be information!"

"No, no, no, the information in the brain hole world is not universally applicable in reality. Information... is only unilaterally applicable... from high to low..."

"All my consciousness and ideology originate from real society, and all my settings here are based on this."

"Sigh, if only it could be universally applicable in reverse... if the fantasy settings were recognized by reality. If I could achieve this, then I would be equivalent to a 'setting weaver' in reality, an 'absolutely sovereign being defined by objectivity'."

Bai Ge shook his head, thinking it impossible.

If that were the case, wouldn't he be invincible?

"What am I thinking? I'm about to lose my life..."

Speaking of which, Bell proactively said again, "Do you need to confirm it?"

"Confirm? You mean... brain cancer?" Bai Ge was stunned.

Bell said, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, you can also figure it out. You are only smarter than me. Anything I can realize, you can also realize. I just have an unlimited capacity for simultaneous thought."

Bai Ge lowered his head and pondered, quickly understanding.

"Can I... alter myself? Even just my appearance?"

"That's right. You only need to expend a little energy to see internally. Whether there's a brain tumor or not will be immediately clear," Bell said.

Bai Ge quickly pulled his body in, and with a thought, he could indeed see his brain clearly.

The rules that reality could not affect did not apply to himself... This was actually stating the obvious, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to arbitrarily teleport and affect his own physical body from the beginning.

Seeing the situation of his brain within his skull, Bai Ge discovered... where was any shadow?

It was a normal, healthy brain!

There was no tumor, not even any strange brain tissue. The shadow he saw earlier, at this moment, did not seem to exist.

"The MRI scan was wrong?" Bai Ge was overjoyed. He didn't have a terminal illness!

"But I really did inexplicably faint that day, and then I... had a lucid dream! Which means I came here!"

"I understand! I activated the brain hole at that time..."

Then Bai Ge was confused again.

"Why? Was it for no reason?"

Bell proactively said, "I must tell you something that I know, but you don't."

Following that, Bai Ge instantly shared the relevant information.

"What? What is this?"